Fun and Festive Santa Claus Hat Ornament Craft for Kids
Santa Claus Hat Ornament
We love doing holiday crafts with our kids. This easy DIY Santa hat Christmas ornament is a fun project for children of all ages. Making this simple paper craft helps develop fine motor skills and creativity. The tactile experience is great for sensory development too.
Before we dive into this step-by-step ornament tutorial, be sure to pin this festive project! Adding this Santa Claus hat craft to your DIY Pinterest board means you’ll have the instructions handy when you’re ready to make this fun Christmas activity with your little ones. Sharing this kid-friendly project also helps other parents who are looking for holidays crafts ideas for their families!
Benefits of Making This DIY Santa Hat Ornament
Crafting with your kids provides so many developmental benefits beyond just holiday fun. Here are some of the key skills making this ornament helps foster:
Fine Motor Development – Using child-safe scissors to cut materials, carefully applying glue, painting, tying knots and other small hand movements helps improve your child’s fine motor dexterity.
Creativity and Self-Expression – The decorate-as-you-please nature of this ornament craft allows kids to tap into imagination. Choosing colors, materials, and shapes encourages self-expression.
Focus and Concentration – Following step-by-step instructions to complete a project builds concentration stamina. Completing each ornament provides a sense of focus and achievement.
Problem-Solving Skills – Assembling the popsicle stick base, figuring out how to attach a hanger, and adding 3D elements like cotton balls involves critical thinking.
Along with skill building, enjoying arts and crafts time together fosters relationship building and family bonding. Displaying a personalized ornament on the tree creates last holiday memories.
Supplies Needed for This Easy Santa Hat Ornament
Chances are you already have most, if not all, of the supplies needed at home. If not, they can easily be found at your local craft store, dollar store, or picked up quickly at the grocery store. I’ve included some handy Amazon links below in case you need to grab anything online.
- Popsicle Sticks
- School Glue,
- Hot Glue (Optional)
- Red Tempera Paint
- Cotton balls
- White Pom Poms (optional)
- String
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Instructions to Make the Santa Hat Craft
First, start by gluing three jumbo popsicle sticks into a triangle shape. We found that using a little bit of hot glue on the corners keeps them secure, and it dries quicker, but school glue works as well, just set it aside to dry.
- Once the triangle is all dry, paint it red and set it aside to dry.
- Next, glue a row of cotton balls to the bottom of the triangle and one on the very top.
- Lastly, make a hoop out of some string or ribbon and glue it to the back of your ornament.
Read Up: Best Christmas Books to Pair with This Santa Hat Ornament Craft
Making crafts together provides the perfect opportunity to read some classic Christmas tales. Curl up with some wonderfully illustrated, heartwarming stories all about Old Saint Nick to set the mood for creativity.
Here are our top picks of Santa-centric picture books we love that complement this ornament activity wonderfully:
How to Catch Santa Claus
This clever tale features a brother and sister determined to finally catch Santa in action on Christmas Eve night!
Santa Mouse
What goes into running a toy workshop at the North Pole? Little Nicholas the mouse finds out after sneaking into Santa’s village.
Santa Mouse
A poetic tale that reveals the true story behind Santa’s magical delivery of presents and joy each Christmas season.
Grab one or all of these Santa-themed picture books to make the ornament crafting session with your kids even more magical and full of Christmas spirit! These stories make perfect wintery reads aloud too.
Bring Holiday Cheer with This Festive DIY Santa Hat Ornament
Creating this easy paper craft Santa hat is the perfect way to spread holiday cheer! In just a few simple steps, you and your kids can work together to craft cute Christmas tree decorations. Display them proudly all season long.
This ornament project helps build fine motor skills, creativity, and festive excitement for little ones too. Pair the crafting fun with some classic Santa Claus stories for cherished memories that last beyond the holidays.
Don’t forget to pin and save this tutorial for when you are ready to let your inner elves get to work! Share the joy by posting photos of your handmade ornaments to inspire other parents as well.
Wishing you a Christmas crammed with arts, crafts, laughter and love shared with your whole family. Let the merry memories begin!
